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18/04/2024 Apple CEO Tim Cook says it is considering a manufacturing facility in Indonesia ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Google Maps to show alternate transit and walking directions along with driving routes ( General )
17/04/2024 Apple releases iOS 17.5 beta 2 giving EU iPhone users more unique capabilities ( E-Tailing )
17/04/2024 WhatsApp rolls out new chat filters to help you locate unread and group conversations ( General )
16/04/2024 Google Chat working on adding group audio and video call function within Gmail Spaces ( General )
15/04/2024 Tim Cook arrives in Vietnam ( Electronics )
15/04/2024 Vietravel Airlines reports first profits in 3 years ( General )
11/04/2024 Samsung adds more language availability within Galaxy AI ( Electronics )
11/04/2024 YouTube Music promises Podcasts will get better on the platform ( General )
09/04/2024 WhatsApp to roll out new photo library shortcut for faster sharing ( General )
09/04/2024 Google Messages will soon start to warn you when tapping on links sent by unknown senders ( General )
08/04/2024 Siri might end up King in the realm of digital assistants after iOS 18 AI makeover ( Electronics )
05/04/2024 Google’s “Find My Device” network reportedly launching in 3 days ( General )
04/04/2024 Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp users are reporting a “Major Disruption” worldwide ( General )

Retail Asia19/01/2017

PT Indosat Ooredoo is ready to launch its 4.5G technology in 2017 that is two times faster than its 4G predecessor, said a company spokesman. “We have been developing the 4.5G technology since 2012 and we are ready to launch this year, starting with the introduction of new technological infrastructures such as modernized BTS (Base […]

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Retail Asia19/01/2017

Director General of Tax Ken Dwijugiasteadi gave an assurance on Wednesday that he would summon Google representatives to confirm data that it submitted regarding the companys revenue in Indonesia. “I have the data, so I will ask for their confirmation on whether the figures that they submitted are accurate,” said Dwijugiasteadi. He did not mention […]

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Retail Asia19/01/2017

Indonesia’s central bank is widely expected to keep its benchmark policy rate unchanged on Thursday as it monitors the rupiah’s movement at a time of global uncertainty and price pressures at home. Bank Indonesia (BI) cut its benchmark six times last year, by 150 basis points, to 4.75% to aid economic growth. During 2016, the […]

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Retail Asia16/01/2017

Life insurer Sun Life Indonesia aims to have more qualified agents to market their products rather than just make the numbers, the company top executive has said. The firm gathered on Friday 1,000 of its most high-achieving agents for the annual “Year Start” event in Jakarta to brief them of the insurer’s vision this year […]

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Retail Asia16/01/2017

The Indonesian business partner of President-elect Donald Trump will be attending next week’s inauguration and also plans business meetings with Trump family members, his spokesman said Friday. Trump’s ties to Hary Tanoesoedibjo are among the many conflicts of interest he could face as the 45th U.S. president. The property billionaire’s presidency is shaping up to […]

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Retail Asia16/01/2017

The head of Indonesias National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), Bambang Brodjonegoro, has said household consumption and inflation will be the key to achieving higher economic growth in 2018. “To ensure consistent growth, the best recipe is to maintain the rise in household consumption, while keeping the growth at five percent or more,” Bambang said as […]

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Retail Asia16/01/2017

Banten recorded a 28.43% increase in exports to US$941.27 million in November 2016 from the same period a year earlier. The increase was attributable mainly to 27.08 percent in the exports of commodities other than oil and gas, according to the regional office of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS). The exports in November also […]

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Retail Asia15/01/2017

The Indonesian Seaweed Association (ARLI) estimated that the countrys exports of seaweed shrank 30 percent in value from US$205.4 million in 2015. ARLI general chairman Safari Azis attributed the decline to weak demand amid the global economic crisis and U.S. policy in organic products. “In 2016, (seaweed exports) dropped around 30 percent . There was […]

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Retail Asia15/01/2017

Low-cost carrier Citilink Indonesia carried 745,187 passengers during Christmas and New Year holidays, a 2% increase compared to the same period last year of 730,925 passengers. Citilink Indonesia president director Albert Burhan said that the increase was made possible thanks to Citilink’s proposal for extra seats ahead of the peak season at the end of […]

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Retail Asia11/01/2017

Filipino fashion retail brand Rusty Lopez recently opened its newest store in Jakarta featuring comfortable sandals and casuals made from Marikina, the Philippines’ shoe capital known for producing durable and high-quality footwear. According to a recent report of the Department of Trade and Industry’s Philippine Trade and Investment Center – Jakarta, the store in Sogo […]

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Retail Asia09/01/2017

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Kimia Farma Apotek, the operator of hundreds of dispensaries all over the country, will open 100 more dispensary outlets this year. The subsidiary of the state owned pharmaceutical company Kimia Farma said the new outlets would bring the total number of the companys dispensaries to 1,000 units this year. Chief Executive of Kimia Farma Apotek […]

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Retail Asia07/01/2017

Indonesia is setting up an agency that will tackle fake news after a flood of untrue stories on social media, an official said Thursday, including claims China was waging biological warfare against the country using contaminated chilli seeds. The new cyber agency will also seek to protect state institutions from hackers, said presidential spokesman Johan […]

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Retail Asia07/01/2017

Major retailer Trans Retail Indonesia will open dozens of new stores this year in a bid to attract more visits to its physical stores despite the booming online retail industry. “We will open 30 new stores under the Transmart Carrefour brand in 2017,” Transmart Carrefour corporate communications general manager Satria Hamid told on Friday. However, he declined […]

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Retail Asia07/01/2017

Indonesia’s financial services authority (OJK) has issued its first regulations relating to financial technology, or fintech, companies running peer to peer (P2P) lending services, Deal Street Asia has reported.06 Jan 2017 The regulation lays out minimum capital requirements, interest rate provision and education and consumer protection rules. Every fintech P2P lending firm must now register […]

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Retail Asia22/12/2016

The 15-year-old Australian-born specialty coffee powerhouse Toby’s Estate has expanded its roasting and retail presence to Indonesia, opening a flagship location in Jakarta on Dec. 10. Founded by Toby Smith in Sydney in 2001, the company has since expanded to New York and the Philippines, with each market receiving its own roasting division and brand under the Toby’s […]

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Retail Asia21/12/2016

Back in June, BlackBerry announced a new partnership with Indonesia-based Emtek to help expand the consumer BBM business. Since then, several inaccurate articles have come out about who now owns BBM and most recently, several outlets published articles noting that BlackBerry would be moving BBM server(s) to Indonesia. Looking to clear the air surrounding that […]

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Retail Asia21/12/2016

Apple is working hard to break into the Indonesian smartphone market, announcing plans to invest roughly $44 million in a research and development (R&D) center over the next three years. The investment will let the company sell its iPhone 7 there after the Indonesian government recently announced that as of January 2017, all 4G-enabled phones […]

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Retail Asia21/12/2016

The government’s decision to increase house prices for foreign buyers has been met with positively by Indonesian real estate business players, who reason that it will help to protect the domestic property market. “If the government keeps the price low for foreign buyers, Indonesians will be forced to bear the high price jump. Therefore, I […]

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Retail Asia21/12/2016

Lotte Mart, a discount store chain operated by retailer Lotte Group, said Wednesday it has opened its 46th store in Indonesia in line with its global growth strategy. With floor space of 5,572 square meters, the Pramuka shop opened on the underground floor of a commercial-residential building in Jakarta with some 7,000 households. Lotte Mart’s […]

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Retail Asia21/12/2016

The Directorate General of Taxation will intensify its investigation on the suspected unpaid taxes by tech behemoth Google, claiming that the company’s tax settlement offer was too small. The government said that it would continue investigating Google as it has gathered preliminary evidence indicating that the firm has allegedly committed a criminal act. “Next year, it […]

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